And we can't blame Americans for this one either. Pittsburgh rose to the occasion in Game 6 of last year's Stanley Cup Final , tallying a 3-1 win over the San Jose Sharks as -109 road chalk to close out the series and claim its second championship since 2009.

The team's inability to take wickets even got Virat to bowl three overs. "I'm still in good form". India , who had beaten Sri Lanka in 14 of their last 17 one-day internationals, were given the ideal start by Dhawan and Rohit Sharma who shared a composed opening stand of 138 under slate grey skies.

Coach Mike Sullivan championed it on several occasions. I don't believe that's the word that we want to use to describe our team. "But our Grizzlies are sitting home in June, so at least we have the Predators playing still". No one saw it coming except for Crosby. "I can not go anywhere in my district without meeting a pile of Preds fans", he...

Both Halep and Pliskova knew that-for all intents-the victor of this match would take over the No. 1 ranking. As reported, despite a rain delay, Latvia's second-best ranked lady tennis player Alona Ostapenko defeated Denmark'sCaroline Wozniacki 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 on Tuesday to advance to the semifinals of the French Open Grand Slam tennis tourna...

Gatland had told reporters "I don't think there will be a lot of difference between some Super Rugby sides and the All Blacks". Not to say that the Lions were entirely blameless but in those days when the touch-judges, as the assistant referees were called then, were not required to intervene and inform the referee of any indiscretion he ma...

They are confident that they will stop Sidney Crosby from being Sidney Crosby . You apparently couldn't just put whomever you wanted on Crosby's line. "You can't really draw that up, when Sid makes that play, but it was a great play all around". Crosby, of course, has always had more raw talent than nearly everybody in the league, but he's h...

Apple "can't afford to yield valuable real-estate in the heart of people's homes to Amazon , Google and others", said Geoff Blaber, research analyst at CCS Insight. The Siri watchface uses machine learning to determine what information is most useful to you at a given point in time. Pulling music from the Apple library, the speaker was ...

And when LeBron James isn't in the game, you may well be over-matched, but you can't let that many points come off the board. Cleveland was up 113-107 after J.R. But while, yes, LeBron was exhausted, and yes, he didn't score in the clutch (and let the Warriors get at least one bucket for next-to-nothing), you can't blame James for the Cavs...

Mattias Ekholm said everything is created to make opponents work hard and fellow defenseman Ryan Ellis noted that the hard work is required of the Predators, too. "It's a big game". Now, with a series lead up for grabs, the question is which Rinne shows up. The home team had plenty left in the tank and took the drama out of this pivotal ga...

After a tight first half, the Warriors took command in the third - extending a 3 point locker room lead to 14 by the end of the period. "We thought we were going to win", James said. And in Game 7, they combined for 53 points and pulled off the two most important plays in franchise history. James and Irving combined for 77 points on 31 of 5...

With their win Monday in Game Four, the Predators became the 13th team to even the Final at 2-2 after dropping the first two games of the series. The Penguins are 9-3 at PPG Paints Arena this postseason, now riding a five-game winning streak there.

Pittsburgh , which scored more goals and peppered more shots than any other team in hockey this season, did generate some of their best looks in Game 4 - a result of their players slipping behind the Nashville defence, according to Laviolette.

We play our game. "So I think that's a luxury that we have with KD here, and when I went out with foul trouble, obviously he - to say pick up the slack is kind of a ridiculous term, because he's a great player, an MVP, one of the best players in the world".

No arrests were made and all of the men involved in the shoving match were Warriors fans, police said in a statement. I talk to them. Shumpert is the best option. Coming from J.R. Smith, as that quote did, not so much. Kerr had his initial procedures in 2015 after guiding the organization's first championship in 40 years as a rookie coach.

Things turned out OK for the Cavs in 2016. Golden State , Game 2 , ABC , 19.69 million; NBA Finals: Cleveland vs. "He's been around, the last couple weeks especially, giving us input and giving us what he's got", Curry said of Kerr.

Golden State is 14-0 in the postseason and ready to go. While James has delivered - he had a triple-double Sunday night in Game 2 - it hasn't been almost enough against the superstar-laden Golden State Warriors . Steve Kerr is a guy I respected even before he started coaching. "I can't recall being associated with a team and a player like Le...

Yes, the Nashville Predators lean on their defensemen not only to smother the NHL's best attackers, but also to score in bunches. Though Johansen wears No. "But then there were at least two times at the net where he had to make the save and he made one, two or three more saves after that". Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby scored on a brea...

That's been quite evident through two games. "I get drawn in too much of what I'm doing right now in the present and my only focus is what I can to help this team be better for game two". Cleveland's role players should play better at home-role players tend to do that. "We have to figure out a way to get him going early". Cleveland's 20-turno...

Fans celebrate in Cibeles square while waiting for Real Madrid players to arrive after they won the Champions League final, Madrid , Spain, Sunday, June 4, 2017. "We have achieved a historic feat", Madrid left back Marcelo said. "Admittedly, it'll be tough to do better than this year, because we could've done something truly incredible thi...

The play echoed Thursday night in Game 1 , as the Warriors returned to the Finals for the first time since the Cavaliers spoiled their 73-win romp. First, the Warriors had 31 assists as a team. Not that they're discussing it. Until they are challenged in a meaningful way, all they have to do is keep running their game.

Lue says he had texted with Kerr during the playoffs to send his best wishes while Kerr missed the previous 11 games following complications from back surgeries. Durant scored from every corner of the court. "But we just got to play our game and the way we know how to play, and that's what's been successful for us".

Golden State, which swept its way into the NBA Finals , have won 13 straight in the playoffs this season and ESPN's BPI is giving the Stephen Curry-led squad an 85-percent chance to win Game 2. Kerr watched his Golden State Warriors grab a 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals by downing the Cleveland Cavaliers 132-113 Sunday night in another rout, ret...

Earlier I wanted Pakistan to win but now it is India . And the right-hander admitted that he had thought that his chances of appearing in the eight-team ICC event in England were dashed when he damaged his left shoulder. "You know it's very important when you are playing in English conditions to play close to your body and play late". He has...

On Tuesday, Guentzel was a feel-good story after scoring the winning goal in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final . He made 37 saves in Game 2. Rinne is just looking to put both games in the past. NOTES: Penguins C Matt Cullen left in the first period briefly after being hit from behind into the boards by Predators D Matt Irwin. Murray is the fir...

If not, Brown, who replaced him midway through the first round, faces the team he led to the 2007 NBA Finals . Golden State does not. Add the Warriors hyper focus after blowing a 3-1 lead in the Finals a season ago, and a top 5 player in Kevin Durant, it's easy to see why Vegas oddsmakers have Golden State as a -260 favorite.

Bangladesh are appearing in the Champions Trophy group stage for the first time since 2004, while England have progressed beyond the group stage in three of their last four attempts. "One of the strongest parts of reinforcing the way that we play and the freedom in which we play with is backing that up with selection", Morgan said.

It's just so rare for someone who was sacked in the middle of a contract to end up on a Finals-bound team, while the team he was sacked from also heads to the Finals . Especially since this is Year 14 for me, for this to happen now, this means so much", Korver said of his first trip to the Finals . "Defensively, it's tough to match what he does...

After 15 overs the score was 78 for the loss of one wicket. Rubel Hossain is the third seamer in the team. Other options are Steven Finn, Toby Roland-Jones and Tom Curran, but with Broad you've got a guy who has an aura. On the third ball, a slight touch from Root tickled past the keeper for another boundary. After winning two warm-up games aga...

India , Pakistan , Sri Lanka and South Africa are in the other section, with the top two sides from each group progressing to the semi-finals. That was Bangladesh´s highest stand in a one-day worldwide outside of Asia, surpassing the 141 put on by Mushfiqur and Mahmudullah when the Tigers knocked England out of the 2015 World Cup wi...

He may not be out there long if the Warriors decide they need more mobility against Thompson, who is almost averaging a double-double and shooting 60 percent while creating plenty of extra possessions with his offensive rebounding for the Cavaliers .